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NFA intensifi es palay procurementby ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY

NAGA CITY --- With the onset of the dry sea-son, the National Food Authority (NFA) an-nounced that they are now on the onset of pro-curing palay from farm-ers in the province.

NFA Senior Grains Opera-tions Offi cer Reynaldo Mag-naye during the FORUM@PIA held Friday (April 24) at the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Provincial Of-fi ce here, stated that this com-ing harvest season, they are

opening their doors to farm-ers from the fi ve (5) districts of Camarines Sur.

NFA buys palay to legiti-mate farmers and registered farmer organizations only at the government support price of P17.00 per kilogram, with additional incentives of Php 0.70 kg for delivery and dry-

ing fee or a total of P17.70. The base price of Php 17.00 per kilogram, plus incentive 0.70 for individual farmers and 1.00 for farmers orga-nization is for clean and dry palay only which means that the palay has 14 per cent moisture content, Magnaye added.

Magnaye also stated that wet palay is subject to price adjustment based on the moisture reading of the delivered commodity. The higher the moisture con-tent, the lower the price of the palay.

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MASBATE CITY This citys Rodeo Festival kicked off with aplomb once again, thanks to one of its main supporters, the Mas-bate Gold Project (MGP).

Ramon Velasco, MGP reiterated the companys commitment to help in the de-velopment and economy of the province.

The Masbate Gold Projects support for Rodeo Masbateno Festival 2015 and the Balud Beach Football Festival clearly shows the companys support for sports and tourism as part of its sus-tained efforts to contribute to Mas-bates social and economic develop-ment. That is MininG resPonsibly, Velasco said.

Now on its 22nd year, the Rodeo Festival has achieved the purpose of making Masbates cattle industry known across the country, recalled one of the original Rodeo founders, Charlie Agatep.

The PR guru, a close friend of the late Gov. Moises Espinosa Jr., helped conceptualize and organize the fi rst-

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LEGAZPI CITYMigrants concerns are now in the agenda of the Regional Development Council.

These include the estab-lishment of data base on the number of migrants, recruit-ment and hiring, deploy-ment and returning overseas Filipino workers.

These concerns surfaced during the recent planning

workshop of the Committee on Migration and Develop-ment (CMD) in Bicol, creat-ed under Resolution No. 55, series of 2014, of the Re-gional Development Coun-cil (RDC) of Bicol to help expedite local processing of documentation and provide easy access for trainings to develop skills among overseas Filipino workers

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since it does not make any sense that the former SC justice who upheld the condonation doctrine in 2010, and insists on suspending Binay, investigating him on these previous charges and no doubt later charging Binay for previous administrative acts that are now, in law and jurisprudence deemed condoned by virtue of Binays re-election.

In the same manner, with Sereno berating Binays counsel, and virtually prejudging the case, the smell of politics certainly fills the SC air.

Astute Philippine political observers can easily deduce that Malacaang and the Liberal Party (LP) are out to control strongholds of the opposition, apart from filing cases and detaining opposition leaders on very weak evidence and on the basis of so-called whistle-blowers who have been caught lying through their teeth.

In the case of the Ejercito-Estradas, the governor of Laguna was ousted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and upheld by the SC for alleged election overspending. No other LP or administration ally has been charged for the same poll overspending.

In Makati, the Ombudsman tried suspending Mayor Binay for six months on a flimsy excuse that the Court of Appeals cannot issue any TRO or

preliminary injunction against her, yet a TRO does not stop Morales from continuing with her investigation.

In the city of Manila, the Palace and the LP tried but failed to stop the victory of now Manila Mayor, former President Joseph Estrada.

As for his son, Jinggoy Estrada, the Palace and its LPs, ensured that he would be charged and detained, to kill his chances of running and winning the vice presidential slot.

In the case of Vice President Jojo Binay, almost 20 hearings in aid of politics have been held by the attack dogs in the Senate of Noynoy Aquino, obviously to destroy the VPs electoral chances of winning the top post.

The same demolition job has happened in Cagayan, the bailiwick of Sen. Juan Ponce-Ernrile, with his incarceration. The same ploy is being done in the case of Cavite, which is also the bailiwick of Sen. Bong Revilla.

Recall that during the election period, there went the Interior Secretary and presumptive LP presidential bet, raiding the senators residence in Cavite, with the policemen, aided by Justice chief Leila de Limas National Bureau of Investigation agents, portraying the senator as guilty.

All three are being detained at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center on charges of plunder of their pork barrel which is being claimed by the Ombudsman to have been pocketed by the three senators. To this day, no other allies senator or LP congressman, and for that matter, no Cabinet member, such as Department of Agriculture Proceso Alcala and Department of Agrarian Reform or Social Welfare Dinky Soliman has been investigated and charged by the Ombudsman, even when the Commission on Audit (CoA)

The following column entitled Politics at play again written by Ninez Cacho-Olivares in the Daily Tribune dated April 25, 2015, is informative and Im reproducing it hereunder to contribute to the free market of ideas here.

Ombudsman Conchita Carpio-Morales must have been well aware of the fact that Makati Mayor Junjun Binay cannot be investigated or charged, for that matter, for his alleged previous acts in office after he had been re-elected as mayor under the condonation doctrine, which she, as then Supreme Court (SC) associate justice, argued for, and upheld the condonation doctrine in the 2010 case of Salumbides vs Ombudsman.

This was bared by San Beda Law Dean Fr. Ranhillo Aquino, who quoted Morales explanation of the rationale behind for the doctrine of condonation thus: The Court should never remove a public officer for acts done prior to his present term of office. To do otherwise would be to deprive the people of their right to elect their officers. When the people elect a man to office, it must be assumed that they did this with knowledge of his life and character, and that they disregarded or forgave his faults or misconduct, if he had been guilty of any. It is not for the court, by reason of such faults or misconduct, practically overrule the will of the people.

And if the researchers of Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno and the CJ herself, were wide awake, they should have realized that the condonation doctrine was upheld by the SC in 2010, when the 1987 Charter was certainly in place and in effect, with then Justice Morales upholding it. Besides which, Sereno had no call to berate the Binay lawyer for citing, as a defense against the suspension of her client, what is law.

All these moves and acts tend to show that politics plays a heavy hand in this case against the Makati mayor

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Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATANpresidency.

If she gets her partys nod the wife of former 2-term president Bill Clinton will be running against the nominee of the Republican Party. The nominees must win their respective party referendums (state by state) leading to the national convention. There are indications that the younger brother of former president Bush (son of the older Bush whom Clinton defeated) may be pushed up by his party. Clinton versus Bush Part II.

PEZA HARVESTS: The Philippine Export Zone Authority has generated P2.9 trillion investments into the country in the last twenty (20) years - since its organization. Of this record performance, 45.5% of the investments came in during the last five (5) years under the P-Noy Aquino administration. The government claims that the investment inflows were made possible through the presidents fulfilled promises with determined efforts toward good governance.

The PEZA under Director General Lilia B. de Lima has not been stained by any

charges of graft and corruption, The Authority has been working 24x7 (full day and night, the whole week), as in fact it is the only government agency granted ISO 9001:2008 Certification not just for one or some but for all processes at all levels in all its offices nationwide. By May 1, 2015, PEZA will start its web-based electronic application and registration system (leading to one-stop shop).

CHINESE BULLYING: How does a small developing country fight back against a big and (now) prosperous neighbor? It seems no amount of diplomatic approaches can stop China from continuing to illegally claim areas within our territorial waters? Even our complaint filed with the International Court of Justice is going nowhere. Worse, we are not sure that the previously promised defense of our territory by the United States seems to stand on shallow grounds.

Majority of Filipinos are angry at the ongoing Chinese construction of facilities, complete with airstrip capable of handling big airplanes, in our territory at the Western Philippine Sea. What is the best way of hitting back? Chinas new-found prosperity is ushered in by tourism and global exports. If most Filipinos will refrain from touring China and stop buying Chinese products the arrogance of China can be reduced. With trimmed down prosperity Chinas braggadocio can be curtailed!

CHARITY: Grateful people give out of a heart of love, not because they are required to share benefits.

Atty. APA chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International is past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

BIGGER PROFITS: There is evidence that gender equality is not just politically correct, but equally good for business as well. Corporate studies show that equal number of management men and women generate more profits for the entire organization. In a survey conducted by management consultants McKinsey and Co., it revealed that balanced gender in corporate leadership improved financial returns - above national industry median.

Instead of just keeping women in staff positions, they should be tried for advancement up the ranks. That will mean costs savings even as improved customer relations is promoted through diverse capacity in handling marketing upgrades and conflicts. There are country variances whereby females are still regarded as second-class when it comes to leadership and management. In the last two decades many erstwhile chauvinistic locations have given ways to woman power.

US POLITICS: Seven years ago, the US voters had a change of heart with respect to black power in the end electing Barack Obama, as the first black president of the federal government. A new option is again at the horizon of American politics. Never in the history of the United States has there been a woman president, or even vice president. Former US Secretary of State Hillary is the potential bet of the Democrats for the

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recent events underscore anew the precari-ousness of the lot of migrant workers, particu-larly the economic ones.

Last week, at least 800 people drowned when their boat foundered off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean sea.

Most of the dead, including women and chil-dren, came from impoverished countries in Africa, like tunisia; and south Asia, like ban-gladesh, were believed to have been victims of human smuggling.

in Hong Kong, a lady legislator accused Filipi-na domestics as home wreckers, thereby add-ing a new definition of the Filipina that once was made synonymous with, well, domestic helper; as well as to the continuing Chinese bullying of Filipino fishermen in the South China Sea.

As we go to press, the fate of Mary Jane Ve-loso was still uncertain. National tV networks, however, have reported over the weekend that she had already been brought, along with eight others, to an island where they will be executed by firing squad.

if indonesian president Joko widodo blink, as he did when the French government warned of repercussions if their citizen similarly charged with drugs as Veloso will be executed; then she will surely be a lucky one.

if not, as indonesia is one country with very strict drug laws, then she will go the way of Flor Contemplacion, and God forbid, the subject of another movie. then we can only ask God to bless her soul and pray for others similarly situ-ated.

whatever, the fate of migrant workers is re-flective of the prevailing and pervasive poverty in third world countries. Migrants are pushed by the lack of opportunities in their own coun-tries and pulled by the attractions and affluence in developed countries.

the 800 who drowned, the DH in the Crown Colony and Veloso all share the same fate.

Yet, when will this end?In the Philippines, President Aquino in his in-

augural state of the Nation address vowed to work towards job generation so that Filipinos will no longer leave the country; and if they do, to afford them protection wherever they are.

sadly, his had all been more plain rhetoric. Veloso is the latest evidence. even in bicol, ex-cept for Naga City, it is only recently that the re-gional Development Council has given attention to the plight of migrants from the region.

And so, we sing a line from Peter, Paul and Mary: How many deaths will it take till he knows, that too many people have died?

we know the answer.

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POC: CamSur is Conflict-Manageable by ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY

PAPAL RELICS TouRMost rev. rolando tirona, Archbishop of Caceres celebrated a paraliturgy during the launching of the tu es Petrus tour of Papal relics at sM City Naga last week organized by the Office of the Vice Postulator for the Cause for Canonization of Bl. Ivan Merz. The

exhibit featured sacred relics of the canonized and beatified popes that include the mementos from St. Peter, the first pope, Pope Emeritus XVI, St. John Paul II and Pope Francis.

PILI, Camarines Sur ---The Philippine Armys unremitting campaign to decrease the threat of in-surgency in conflict areas in the province and pursue peace and security efforts in their respective areas of responsibilities has finally gained ground when mem-bers of the Camarines Sur

Peace and Order Council (POC) unanimously ap-proved a resolution declar-ing the province as Conflict-Manageable and ready for further development.

Resolution No. 2015-01 gained the nod of the members of the POC during Thursdays meeting held at the SP Ses-sion Hall, Provincial Capitol

Complex. In the course of the meeting, the achievements of the government troopers in fighting insurgency in the province were presented.

LTC Delfin M. Arguelles, Commanding Officer of the 42nd Infantry (TAGAPAG-TANGGOL) Battalion, 9th Infantry (SPEAR) Division of Philippine Army (PA) said that the decline of security threat resulted in economic

growth of the province.We attribute the improved

security situation to the strong collaborated efforts of all our stakeholders. The continued support of the community in our peace efforts is indeed a big help in the attainment of peace. Our Internal Peace and Security Plan which in-cludes Bayanihan is not only winning the peace but winning progress and pros-

perity as well.The Philippine Armys

report also showed that the CNN strength and firearms have significantly decreased from 2004 to 2014, from 74 to 91 percent. Most violent activities like harassments and liquidation and most non-violent activities like move-ments and mass actions also followed a downward trend.

The Armed Forces of the

Philippines (AFP) contin-ued commitment through the conduct of various activi-ties especially the Intensified Stakeholder Engagement with the local government units (LGUs) has also result-ed in the increase of the prov-inces production of poultry, agricultural crop, fish and an improved tourism activity.

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electric Cooperativesvs. Privatization

(part 2 of a 2-part series)The creation of NEA and its far-reaching rural electrification

projects led to widespread development in the countryside. Involving the local communities through the electric cooperatives was a key element in the initial success of the rural electrification program. The management of the sub-distribution of electricity was devolved to the local level. At first glance, this might have seemed a strategic step in the democratization of the power industry and the economic empowerment of the rural communities. However, this was far from the truth. The system came under the control of the local political barons. This was not totally surprising considering the de facto feudalistic nature of rural economies and the dominance of the culture of political patronage.

In principle, the electric cooperatives were supposed to be governed by boards of directors that were elected by registered member-consumers. These boards of directors were supposed to be non-partisan and only accountable to the consumers as a whole. However, in reality the elections for the board members became the proxy battlegrounds for local politicians vying for influence and control of the electric cooperatives. Many of the local corrupt politicians and political kingpins seized the opportunity to include the electric cooperatives in their arsenal of political weapons. Some of these cooperatives became lucrative milking cows. These were also used as bargaining chips to have influence over the local businesses and dole out favors to friends, particularly contractors and owners of local enterprises. It is still common in some rural areas that business owners who have political connections are given special privileges and become almost immune from disconnections even when their arrearages are already several months or even years past due, amounting to millions of pesos.

In the early part of the 1970s, the national electrification program expanded through the rural electric cooperatives (RECs). However, the politicized nature of these RECs led to their commercial failures. According to the 1989 joint review of the Philippine and World Bank, only 22 (18.8%) of the existing 117 RECs during that time were categorized as well managed and commercially viable; 24 (20.5%) as within reach of commercial viability; and the remaining 71 (60.7%) as needing substantial remedial action or beyond rescue.

In response to the World Banks assessment, NEA had initiated financial and policy reforms. The electric cooperatives

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PVb, talisay-batangas enters into P140M loan agreement

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ining maintindihan ta an equation kan NEDA sa development, pangekonomiya sana. Alagad, aram ta an paghiling na ini kan kauswagan minasimbag sana sa lawas; an kultura an minasimbag sa pangangaipo kan kalag nin tawo.

An ika-tolo iyo an pagtulod sa pagbilog nin suhay na Department of Culture sa gobyerno. Bako nang bago an planong ini. Nagiromdoman ko na may mga siring nang lakdang kadto alagad naula ini huli giraray sa pamumulitika mismo kan mga yaon sa sector kan kultura. Kaya, sa haloy na taon, naisaray lang an plano abot ngonyan na liwat na naman ining binubuhay. Aram mi na garo suntok ini sa bulan, alagad, sabi ngani kan mga Tsino, an pagbaklay sa rinibong milyang destinasyon minapoon sa enot na lakdang. Tibaad, sa liwat na paglakdang na ini, makaabot man giraray an samong pangaturugan para sa pagtalubo kan kultura sa nasyon.

Sa ginibo ming konsolidasyon kan mga plano para sa kultura kan nasyon sa masunod na duwang taon, tolong lakdang an nagluwas na mga prioridad.

Enot, iyo an pagtabang sa mga LGUs na magbilog nin mga Arts Council susog sa probisyon kan Local Government Code. Mantang yaon ini sa ley, kakadikit an mga LGUs na igwa nin siring na konseho. Katubuan, bako man sa habo sinda kundi sa kakulangan nin kaaraman kun ano man an papel kan konseho, o kaya sa apresasyon kan kultura mismo. Sabi ngani kayan, mayo man boto sa kultura. Kaya, minatundag talaga an awsencia kan konseho sa politika. Alagad, sabi ngani kan dating French Minister of Culture asin parasurat na si Andre Malraux, an kultura bako na sanang simbolo nin yaman, kundi nin pagkaagimadmad nin pagkatawo. An kultura nagtatao nin pagkamidbid asin pagkatawo.

An ikaduwa iyo an pagtulod na magkaigwa nin representatsyon an mga obrero sa kultura asin arte sa Regional

Development Council o RDC. An RDC sarong lokal na paagi nin pagpaplano para sa kauswagan. Alagad, an membership digdi limitado sa mga elehidong mga LGU officials, mga regional directors kan mga ahensiya kan gobyerno asin nin mga inaapod na mga private sector representatives o bilang special member. Mayo sa radar kan RDC an kultura na nakalaog lang sa social sector. Madali

BARANGAY AWARDS CoMMITTEE MEMBERSNaga City Vice Mayor Nelson s. Legacion introduced to the Liga ng mga barangay the members of the outstanding sangguniang barangay Awards Committee chaired by JMr Good Governance Center executive Director renne F. Gumba, sangguniang Panlungsod secretary Gil A. Dela torre, DiLG-Naga Director Virgie s. Pascual , university of Nueva Caceres Professor Kenjie e. Jimenea, representating the academe, and bicol Mail editor and Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and industry Director Jose b. Perez, representing the business sector.

outstanding sangguniang brgy. Awards starts; Committeemembers, guidelines and criteria presented to Pbs

NAGA CITY --- The Out-standing Sangguniang Ba-rangay Awards, the fourth and last component of the Empowerment aNd Advance-ment of Barangays on Local LEgislation (ENABL2E) Pro-gram initiated by Vice May-or Nelson S. Legacion, has kicked off as the members of the Awards Committee and its guidelines and criteria were presented to the Liga ng mga Barangay on April 17, 2015 at the Villa Caceres Hotel.

Legacion said the Outstand-ing Sangguniang Barangay Awards Committee is headed by Renne F. Gumba, executive director of the Jesse M. Ro-bredo Good Governance Center and composed of: Sangguniang Panlungsod Secretary Gil A. Dela Torre; DILG-Naga Di-rector Virgie S. Pascual; Prof. Kenjie E. Jimenea of Univer-sity of Nueva Caceres as rep-resentative of the academe; and Bicol Mail Editor and Metro Naga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Director Jose B. Perez, representing the business sector.

The appointments of Jime-nea and Perez as committee members are pursuant to Ex-

Photo shows officials from PVB and the Municipality of Talisay during the agreement signing (L-r) talisay sangguniang bayan secretary elena Cabrera, talisay Vice-Mayor Allano Lamano, PVb Chairman and Ceo roberto de ocampo, talisay Mayor Gerry Natanauan, and PVb Chief Operating Officer Nonilo Cruz.

Furthering in its objec-tive to help in countryside development, Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) has recently entered into a part-nership with the Municipal Government of Talisay, Ba-tangas whereby the bank will be providing the mu-nicipality with a Php 140 million loan facility.

Under the agreement signed by both parties, PVB will be lending the said amount to the Municipality of Talisay which will be used to finance the de-sign and construction of the planned Talisay Government Center. Part of the 10-year loan will also be used to pur-chase the lot where the center will be developed.

Philippine Veterans Bank is a private commercial bank in the Philippines owned by

Filipino World War II vet-erans and their heirs. It has 60 branches strategically lo-cated nationwide and caters to both corporate and retail

financial markets. It is also an authorized government depository bank. As part of its charter, 20% of PVBs an-nual net income is entrusted

to the Board of Trustees for the Veterans of World War II (BTVWWII) for the benefit of World War II veterans and their descendants.

ecutive Order No. 2015-008 is-sued by Mayor John G. Bongat on Feb. 4, 2015.

Presentation of the guide-lines and criteria of the Out-standing Sangguniang Barangay Awards was done by Gumba as committee chair. According to

the guidelines, only ordinances, resolutions, committee reports and minutes passed by the ba-rangay governments from Nov. 30, 2013 to Aug. 30, 2015 shall be part of the evaluation, and the same should be submitted on or before Sept. 30, 2015.

The Awards Committee shall also conduct a random visitation to the barangays to observe their sessions and check the efficiency of retriev-ing records therein from June 2015 to October 2015. At least three members of the Awards Committee, including the chair-man, should be present in the visitation. Visitation shall be conducted only when the Sang-guniang Barangay to be visited has an on-going session.

The Awards Committee shall also check the barangay councils attendance and par-ticipation to city events. Hence, in September 2015, the Awards Secretariat shall furnish the Awards Committee a list of ac-tivities held from Nov. 30, 2013 to Aug. 30, 2015 which engaged the barangays.

As for the criteria, the Awards Committee will look into five aspects: a) Effective-ness of Barangay Legislative Agenda; b) Effectiveness of the Barangay Legislative Track-ing System; c) Availability of Legislative Documents; d) Ef-ficiency of Performance; and e) Quality of Office Set-up and Sanggunian Deliberations.

Per decision of the Awards

Committee and as explained by Perez in the meeting with the Liga ng mga Barangay, the Committee will give bonus points to deserving barangays. These bonus points will ac-count for other factors found in certain barangays that the com-mittee members might consider commendable.

The Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay Award is the monitoring and evaluation mechanism of the ENABL2E Program. It shall recognize ba-rangay councils, which have demonstrated exemplary per-formance in enacting legisla-tive measures that greatly con-tribute to the achievement of sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development in their respective communities.

The first placer shall re-ceive a plaque and P 1 million worth of barangay project to be funded by the city government. The second and third placers, meanwhile, will win P750,000 and P500,000 worth of baran-gay projects respectively, and plaques. Only priority projects of the barangays, however, as stated in their Barangay Devel-opment Plan, shall be funded by the city government, subject

to strict observance of usual accounting and auditing laws, rules, and regulations.

The Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay Awards aims not to create competi-tion among the barangays. It seeks to identify best practic-es at the grass-root level and to enhance them for replica-tion in the other barangays. It is also a perpetual challenge to officials of the barangays, as well as to us, city officials, to continually improve and raise the bar of our competitiveness as leaders of our community, Legacion said.

On the part of the Liga ng mga Barangay, in the closing remarks of Liga President and City Councilor Vidal P. Cas-tillo, he expressed the heart-felt appreciation and sincere gratitude of the 27 barangay governments to the initia-tive of Vice Mayor Nelson S. Legacion. Castillo said that the Outstanding Sang-guniang Barangay Awards is an avenue to inculcate to the barangay officials the cher-ished principles of the city government transparency, accountability, efficiency and people-empowerment.

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New Legislative Offi ce (NLO)3F Municipal Building Annex

Cor. Provl. H-way/Sto. Domingo Rd., Milaor, Camarines SurTel. No. (054) 472-6399

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG bAYAN oF MiLAor, CAMAriNes sur HeLD oN APriL 20, 2015 At tHe New LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, MUNICIPAL BUILDING ANNEX, MILAOR, CAMARINES SUR.

orDiNANCe No. 05series of 2015

AN orDiNANCe AutHoriziNG, APProViNG, CoNFirMiNG, rAtiFYiNG AND APProPriAtiNG tHe ProPoseD borrowiNG oF tHe MuNiCiPAL GoVerNMeNt oF MiLAor, CAMAriNes sur iN tHe AMouNt oF tHirtY NiNe MiLLioN Four HuNDreD eiGHtY tHousAND (P39,480,000.00) Pesos, PHiLiPPiNe CurreNCY, to FiNANCe tHe VArious PrioritY ProJeCts iNCLusiVe oF DoCuMeNtArY stAMP TAX, SERVICE FEE, APPRAISAL FEE AND OTHER RELATED FEES AND TAXES.

BE IT ENACTED, as it is hereby ENACTED, by the Sangguniang Bayan of Milaor, in Session that:

seCtioN 1. title - This ordinance shall be cited as, An ordinance authorizing, approving, confi rming, ratifying and appropriating the proposed borrowing of the Municipal Government of Milaor in the amount of THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND (P39,480,000.00) PESOS ONLY.

seCtioN 2. The Municipal Mayor, ROGELIO A. FLORES, in representation of the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR, herein after referred to as the Municipality, is hereby authorized to enter into a Loan Agreement with the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) in accordance with Section 297 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code, in the amount of THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND (P39,480,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, under the terms and conditions herein set forth and such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon with any person, corporation or entity for the purpose of funding priority projects and subject to the requirement under Section 123 of Republic Act No. 7653 as implemented by the Banko Central ng Pilipinas Circular No. 796 and 819. In this connection, the Municipal Mayor and his successor shall have full power and authority to represent the Municipal Government of Milaor, Camarines Sur in negotiating the terms and conditions for the said borrowing and in signing, executing, delivering and amending such agreement, contracts, deeds, papers and other documents as may be necessary and proper for the full and total implementation of the authority herein granted.

seCtioN 3. The said priority projects herein specifi ed in Section 4.3 hereby certifi ed to be a socio-economic development project, in accordonce with the approved local development plan and public investment program for the period 2015 or the public investment program for the current year 2015 of the MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR which is approved under Sangguniang Bayan Dated 2 March 2015.

seCtioN 4. Consistent with the covering loan contract, deeds and assignment and such as other agreements as may be entered into by the municipality in connection with the borrowing, the features, terms and conditions shall be as follows and are hereby approved.

1.1 BORROWER - Municipal Government of Milaor.1.2 FACILITY - Team Loan Facility1.3 PURPOSE - To fi nance various priority projects inclusive of the applicable

Documentary Stamp Tax (DST), service fee, appraisal fee and other related fees and taxes. The project to be fi nanced shall be subject to PVB Managements due diligence, confi rmation and monitoring, The infrastructure and equipment projects that will be fi nanced are the following:

Projects AbC1. Construction & Site Devt. of Public Market including Purchase of Lot

P13,000,000.002. Purchase of Lot for SB Building & Public Offi ces & Construction of New SB Building P11,000,000.003. a) Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized Machine; b) Purchase of Composting Machine; c) Purchase of Mini-Garbage Dump Truck P10,830,000.004. Term Loan 5 a) Construction of Pumping Station 2 (Bgy. San Jose) a) P4,000,000.00 Term Loan 5 b) Equity for Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. del Rosario) b) 350,000.005. Term Loan 6 - Equity for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay Farm to Market Road P 300,000.00 totAL P 39,480,000.001.4 TERM -1.4.1 Term Loan 2,3 ad 6: Up to 10 years with 1 yr. grace period on principal

repayment1.4.2 Term Loan 4: Up to 5 years without grace period1.4.3 Term 5: Up to 10 years without grace period1.5 PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT AND GRACE PERIOD1.5.1 Term Loan 2,3 and 6: Payable in equal monthly amortizations to commence at the

end of 13th month from initial drawndown date.1.5.2 Term Loan 4 and 5: Payable in equal monthly amortizations to commence at the

end of 1st month from initial drawndown date.1.6 AMOUNT - Up to THIRTY NINE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND

(P39,480,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, inclusive of DST, Pre-termination fee if any, fees, charges and other applicable taxes shall be for the account of the BORROWER.

1.7 INTEREST RATE - Based on the prevailing one (1) year PDST-F/R2 rate as of drawdown date plus a minimum spread of 2.4562% p.a. with a fl oor of 4.5% p.a. Inclusive of GRT. Repriced monthly and payable monthly in arrears.

In the event that one (1) year PDST-F/R2 rate is unavailable or cannot be determined, the Lender and the Borrower shall negotiate within 30 days in good faith in order to arrive at an alternative, mutually acceptable, transparent based rate. The base rate shall be applied during the remaining term of loan. If after 30 day period there is no agreed substitute, then the rate shall be the actual cost of raising funds by the Bank plus agreed margins.

1.8 PROMISSORY NOTE (PN) MATURITY DATE - All PNs maturity date shall be reckoned from the date of initial drawndown;

SECURITY - Deed of Assignment of the proportionate portion of the BORROWERs Internal Revenue Allotment and other Locally Sourced Income.

1.9 FEES - The following are the applicable fees for the amount of the BORROWER:1.9.1 Project Validation Fee - Actual Cost to be billed to the Municipality1.9.2 Service Fee - One-time upfront fee of at least one percent )1%) based on the

approved loan amount shall be paid upon initial release per tranche.1.9.3 Other related costs/charges, such as registration, appraisal, notarial, site validation

and project monitoring, etc.1.10 AVAILABILITY - 24 months from the execution of the loan agreement broken down

into four (4) six (6) months period subject to approval of the original PVBs approving authority or the PVBs Board designated Senior Risk executive.

1.11 DRAWNDOWN - Multiple drawndownseCtioN 5. The Municipal Government of Milaor hereby appropriated the entire

proceeds of the borrowing as stated in Section 4.5 exclusively to fi nance the project/s slated in Section 4.3 inclusive of fees, and applicable taxes.

seCtioN 6. The project/s stated in Section 4.3 is made part of the Annual Investment Plan for CY 2015.

seCtioN 7. The Approved Budget of the Contract (ABC) each project is defi ned in R.A. 9184 is shown below:

Projects AbC6. Construction & Site Devt of Public Market including Purchase of Lot P12,890,000.007. Purchase of Lot for SB Building and Public Offi ces and Construction of New SB Building P10,980,000.008. a) Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized Machine; b) Purchase of Composting Machine; c) Purchase of Mini-Garbage Dump Truck P10,830,000.009. a) Construction of Pumping Station 2 (Brgy. San Jose); c) P3,990,000.00 b) Equity for Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. Del Rosario) d) P 350,000.0010. Equity for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay Farm to Market Road 300,000.00 totAL P 39,340,000.00seCtioN 8. Pursuant to Article 303 of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government

Code of 1991 and Art 401 of the Implementing Rules and Regulation of Republic Act 7160, the Municipalitys Sanggunian shall appropriate in its Annual Budget such amounts as are suffi cient to pay the loan and that failure to provide the appropriations herein shall render the Annual Budget inoperative.

seCtioN 9. The Municipal Government of Milaor shall inform the PVB should there be any borrowings from other banks/fi nancial institutions while its loan is still outstanding.

seCtioN 10. Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) shall be the Issue Manager and shall be Allowed to sell down to other interested Financial Institution up to the full amount of the approved credit facility.

seCtioN 11. PVB is allowed to execute a Facility Agency Arrangement with PVB-Trust Management Group (Facility Agent) for subsequent Lenders in the event of Promissory Note (PN) sell down.

seCtioN 12. The obligation of the Municipality of Milaor with PVB shall be binding and shall not be subject to recall by the Sanggunian concerned for the entire term of the obligation regardless of any change in the composition of the Sanggunian thereafter, if any.

seCtioN 13. The Municipalitys obligation with PVB shall be entered in the Municipalitys Book of Accounts and in the approved local development plan and public investment program.

seCtioN 14. The Municipality shall not contract other loans with other creditors/banks if the said loan will exceed the Municipalitys debt service capacity as certifi ed by the Department of Finance-Bureau of Local Government Finance (DOF-BLGF).

seCtioN 15. Amortization payment shall be subject to automatic offsetting from CA/SA account maintained with Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB).

seCtioN 16. PVB shall be authorized to withhold further loan releases in the event of change in management to avoid succession issue.

seCtioN 17. Certifying that the Municipality does not have any borrowings, other than those already disclosed. Any misinterpretation or breach shall be an event of default and may result in the loan being called in default and appropriate legal remedies applied.

seCtioN 18. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 and 3 of Republic Act No. 1405 and other laws relating to the secrecy of bank deposits, the municipality is waiving its rights to confi dentiality of information by authorizing the Philippine Veterans Bank and all other banks or fi nancial institutions with which the municipality has transactions, to disclose to the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and DOF to make inquiries as may be necessary regarding the same.

seCtioN 19. Any Ordinance or parts thereof, inconsistent with this enactment is hereby repealed or amended accordingly.

seCtioN 20. AutHoritY - That this Ordinance is pursuant to R.A. 7160, The Local Government Code of 1991.

seCtioN 21. eFFeCtiVitY - This Ordinance shall take effect upon its publication and compliance with all procedures required under Republic act No. 7160 of an ordinance for its validity, including the affi xation of signatures of the Sangguniang Bayan Member, in concurrence thereto, composing at least a majority thereof out of the total members attending the Session on all the pages of this Ordinance.

so orDAiNeD/eNACteD: April 20, 2015Resolved Further, that copies of this Ordinance be furnished the Honorable Municipal

Mayor Rogelio A. Flores, Municipal Account, and the Municipal Auditor, all of MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT OF MILAOR and the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas for their information and appropriate actions.

x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-xVoting on the foregoing Ordinance were as follows:

(Absent)GerrY M. stA. ANA NeLiA b. PADoSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

JesusA P. MArAViLLA roLANDo A. CAbAseSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

(Absent)seNeN b. berMAs rubiLYN C. eusteSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

(Abstain)ANtoNio e. ViDA MAriA DA CANoSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

roGeL AbeL A. FLores LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness and athenticity of the foregoing.

CHArLY CLAro rosAriSangguniang Bayan Secretary

ATTESTED: ANDre r. HiDALGo Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR: APR. 22, 2015

roGeLio A. FLores Municipal MayorbiKoL rePorter

Published: April 26, 2015

LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, MUNICIPAL BUILDING ANNEX, MILAOR, CAMARINES SUR.LEGISLATIVE OFFICE, MUNICIPAL BUILDING ANNEX, MILAOR, CAMARINES SUR.

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG bAYAN oF MiLAor, CAMAriNes sur HeLD oN APriL 20, 2015 At tHe New

- 24 months from the execution of the loan agreement broken down into four (4) six (6) months period subject to approval of the original PVBs approving authority

1.4.1 Term Loan 2,3 ad 6: Up to 10 years with 1 yr. grace period on principal

1.5.1 Term Loan 2,3 and 6: Payable in equal monthly amortizations to commence at the

Sangguniang Bayan Secretary

ATTESTED: Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer


roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor


roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor Municipal MayorbiKoL rePorter Municipal Mayor



(Absent)GerrY M. stA. ANA Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

JesusA P. MArAViLLA

Sangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

(Abstain)ANtoNio e. ViDASangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member

LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness and athenticity of the foregoing.

CHArLY CLAro rosAriSangguniang Bayan Secretary


roLANDo A. CAbAse

rubiLYN C. eusteSangguniang Bayan Member Sangguniang Bayan Member


roGeL AbeL A. FLores LIGA RepresentativeI HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness and athenticity of the foregoing.

ANDre r. HiDALGo Vice Mayor Presidig Offi cer


roGeLio A. FLores Municipal Mayor

3. a) Purchase of Multi-Shredder and Pulverized Machine; b) Purchase of Composting Machine; c) Purchase of Mini-Garbage Dump Truck P10,830,000.004. Term Loan 5 a) Construction of Pumping Station 2 (Bgy. San Jose) a) P4,000,000.00 Term Loan 5 b) Equity for Multi-Media Filter (Brgy. del Rosario) b) 350,000.005. Term Loan 6 - Equity for Concreting of Capuc-Dalipay

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Province: Camarines surCity/Municipality: Libmanan

NotiCe For PubLiCAtioN

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CArMeNCitA A. LuMAbi has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from JUAN to JuANito in the certificate of live birth of JUAN TOLENTINO who was born on February 8, 1956 at Sinibaan, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are FELIPE TOLENTINO and ESTER CUSEN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than May 2, 2015.

(sgd.) eMiLie s. AGNes-DAirAo Municipal Civil Registrar

biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19 and 26, 2015



NotiCe to tHe PubLiCCCE-0024-2015 R.A.10172& CFN-0005-2015

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to oCrG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A.10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JANuArY JANe JACiNto De GuzMAN has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from JANUARY to JANuArY JANe and correction of entry in sex from MALE to FeMALe in the certificate of live birth of JANUARY JACINTO DE GUZ-MAN at Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are JESUS Q. DE GUZMAN and DELIA D. JACINTO.






NotiCe to tHe PubLiC

CPE-0024-2015 R.A. 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to oCrG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JoHNbe CieLos MAto has filed with this Office, a Petition for correction of entry in sex from MALE to FeMALe in the certificate of live birth of JOHNBE CIELOS MATO at Libmanan, Cama-rines Sur and whose parents are WILFREDO MATO and SALOME CIELOS.






NotiCe For PubLiCAtioN

In compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JoeDiMAr AGuiLAr esPiritu has filed with this Office, a Petition for Change of First Name from TEODIMAR to JoeDiMAr in the certificate of live birth of TEODIMAR A. ESPIRITU who was born on January 2, 1969 at Taban, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are JUPITER H. ES-PIRITU and SALVACION C. AGUILAR.




EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SALENotice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate surviving heirs of the deceased JAiMe MiLAN, sr. and JuLiANA N. MiLAN who died on November 19, 1999 and January 7, 1984, respectively at Pacol, Naga City, with no known debts or obligations at the time of her death, left a parcel of agricultural land situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga City; that the surviving Heirs hereby agree to divide and adjudicate unto themselves the real property stated; that for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) paid by AIDA ELVIRA RICHER do hereby SELL, CEDE and TRANSFER unto said Vendees, their heirs and assigns the described real property, as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Joseph L. Abante, Doc. No. 120, Page No. 88, Book No.IV, Series of 2015.biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2015

DeeD oF AbsoLute sALeNotice is hereby given that SIMEON NAMIA of legal age, married to Consorcia Luna Namia of Pacol, Naga City received the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P50,000.00) in hand paid by Sps. AIDA ELVIRA and RENE RICHER of legal age and residents of Naga City, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged and by these presents do hereby SELL, CEDE TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said spouses theirs heirs, successors and assigns the property described situated in the Barrio of Pacol, Naga City containing an area of TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED square meters as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Pedro C. Cruz, Doc. No. 33, Page No. 36, Book No.IX, Series of 2002.biKoL rePorterPublished: April 19, 26 and May 3, 2015

discharge channel as one of the primordial concerns that needs to be addressed.

In response, Resolution No.5 series of 2015 request-ing the Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) to undertake the desiltation of Lake Buhi, in-cluding the Tabao River was set into motion and was ap-proved by the members of the governing board.

The resolution further states that the horrendous effects of the accumulation of silt as a result of the de-struction of Tabao River to the water quality of the lake, to its biodiversity, aquacul-ture industry and imminent extinction of Buhis pride the Sinarapan dubbed as the worlds smallest fish, are un-speakable.

The 10-year plan intends to keep Lake Buhi as a sus-tainable sanctuary for all forms of aqua life and serve as a living testimony that the human race is still capable of preserving Gods creation.

lake buhi . . .

(OFWs) and migrants.The CMD intends to com-

plement the interventions among stakeholders to ad-dress concerns arising from migration and developments from pre-departure to re-inte-gration.

The committee is also tasked to monitor the imple-mentation of migration and development programs at the local level, further, carry out advocacy activities to ensure protection of rights and wel-fare of migrants.

To develop the database on migrants, the CMD has recommended the updating of statistics on Filipino mi-grants.

We need to synchronize the data to ensure consistency on the statistics pertaining to Filipino migrants. The Phil-ippine embassies, Bureau of

Immigration and Deportation (BID) and DFA can also be tapped for further data veri-fication, said NEDA Bicol director Agnes Espinas, who also co-chaired the CMD.

Among the agencies iden-tified by the CMD include the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Philippine Overseas Employ-ment Authority (POEA), De-partment of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and Philippine Statis-tics Authority (PSA).

The CMD also recom-mended the localization of the hiring, recruitment and deployment process, as well such pre-departure require-ments as the Pre-Departure Seminar, medical examina-tions, and certifications of documents.

Concerns of returning OFWs was also recommend-ed to be addressed in the form of business opportunities, psychosocial counseling and responsible parenthood.

ever Rodeo event in 1993.Agatep, then group chair-

man and chief executive of-ficer of Agatep and Associ-ates (now known as Grupo Agatep) was commissioned by Governor Espinosa to handle public relations for the first Rodeo.

Their concept went be-yond Rodeo sports, the event was also a means for attract-ing merchants and cattle buyers.

At that time, cattle of dif-ferent brands were also be-ing displayed in the corral

masbate's roDeo festival . . .for trading.

Although Agatep was not around for this years Rodeo opening, he sent PR consul-tant Kathryn Caday and PR executive Michelle Bayhon to experience the event and the other delights of Mas-bate.

Complementing this years Rodeo as a tourism and sports event was the recently-conceived Beach Football Festival held in Palani, Balud from April 16 to 17.

The first-ever national

beach football tournament had 51 teams participating from all over the country.

Aside from beach football this years festival featured the launching of the Proud Masbateo Ako Inc. (PMAI) headed by Maloli Espinosa during the MGP Night.

The Rodeo event nor-mally pays tribute to the competing cowboys by feting them to dinner, cowboy songs, beer, and souvenirs at the Rodeo Grand Arena.

To make the general pub-lic more aware of MininG resPonsibly, the MGP set up a booth with different exhib-its on gold production, the uses of gold, and how gold is invested.

MininG resPonsibly is at the core of MGPs com-mitment and contributions

to the community. This can be seen in the MGPs social development projects, its contributions to Masbates economic development, in MGPs environmental man-agement programs, and its support for the provinces culture and sports. In this way, we support its heritage that attracts tourism invest-ment and leads to economic development, Velasco said.

Indeed, the MGPs vi-sion of Mining Responsi-bly cares for the future is evident in the sands of the Rodeo Arena and of Palanis football festival.

Mining ResPonsibly cares for the future means all of MGPs plans and ac-tions are geared toward a better future for Aroroy chil-dren and the following gen-erations. -PNA

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SuMMER ouTINGMembers of uNC H/s batch 68 beat the summer heat at the beach resort of batchmate beth Alayan-rivera last April 17-18 at Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines sur where they stayed overnight and went island-hopping to Daruanak island, Mainit spring and Masinaban Cave. the batch members

include ed Pascual, rico tosoc, ely Dasico, Jess Parada, ben Corpus, beth Alayan-rivera, ric Agrito, Cecille blacer-Parada, Claudett borromeo-sales, Ching Madera -Vargas and Conching baldesco-tosoc. Not in photo are Nelly Caganda and raul ramos.

tallado calls for unity by rosALitA b. MANLANGit

DAET -- Governnor Ed-gardo Tallado urged Cam-Norteneos to cooperate in pursuing development for the province during the opening program of the 95th Founding Anniversary of Camarines Norte and 11th Bantayog Festival held at Agro Sports Complex here on April 15.

It is a challenge for all of us to make a strong and suc-cessful province, I am encour-aging everyone to participate and be a partner in pursuit of development of the province, This kind of mission will be our life now and will be our future", he said.

The governor also said that everyone should thank the Lord for the continuous grace and blessings in achieving goals for the province.

The program was followed by the blessing of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) at the provincial capi-tol and the distribution of 70 Barangay Emergency Motor-cycle.

A Grand Festival Parade was held in the afternoon fol-lowed by the Street Dancing Competition. Palayog Festi-val of Sta. Elena was declared as champion with a cash prize of P120,000.00; 2nd runner

up was the Pinyasan Festi-val of Daet with 75,000.00 while the Pabirik Festival of Paracale grabbed the and 3rd place with P50,000.00 and ad-ditional 5,000.00 for best in costume for the latter.

The remaining 3 contes-tants received P20,000.00 each.

The celebration of Ca-marines Norte 95th Found-ing Anniversary started April 5, and ended Friday, April 17, carrying the theme Bawat CamNorte-o ay Kapanalig at Katu-wang sa Kaunlaran

A ground breaking and signing of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) of Provin-cial Emergency and Rescue Center Cum Info & Rest Area For Tourists and Motorists in Bitukang Manok, Tuaca, Ba-sud, along with the Bantayog Jobs Fair, Bantayog Padyak Race 2015, and Miss Environ-mental Princess were also part of the celebration.

The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) of Cama-rines Norte Chapter spear-headed the Mass Blood Letting on Friday. The thanks-giving and Fellowship Night also held Friday served as the culminating activity for the celebration.

ers in the 1st and 2nd Districts of Camarines Sur who will be selling their palay, the NFA spokesperson also announced that the newly constructed NFA-GID warehouse in Lib-manan is now fully opera-tional to cater to the farmers and retailers. NFA accredited retailers from the said areas can now get their rice alloca-tion in Libmanan, instead of travelling to the municipality of Pili where the provincial office of NFA is located.

In support of this, the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) Regional Office constructed an interior barangay road go-ing to the said warehouse to make the passage easier for the members of the commu-nity and to make the transport of goods faster and stress-free.

Meanwhile, NFA Cama-rines Sur recently welcomed its new Provincial Manager in the person of Gloria M. Ta-bayag after its former Manag-er Edna R. De Guzman was promoted as Bicol Regional Manager and is now stationed in Legazpi City. The official turn-over was held this March at the NFA Provincial Office located in Palestina, Pili, Ca-marines Sur.

Magnaye, in a press state-ment said that PM Tabayag is an Electrical Engineer by profession, started her stint at the NFA Central Office at

the Technical Research Ser-vice Department (TRSD) and handled her first managerial stint as OIC of NFA-Agusan. She was assigned in various offices branches in Camiguin and Catanduanes before be-ing assigned here in the Bicol Region.

The FORUM@PIA was attended by members of the local media in the province, representing radio, television and print. The forum is a reg-ular program of PIA Cama-rines Sur Provincial office which seeks to empower the citizenry by giving them up to date information, es-pecially regarding services being offered by other gov-ernment agencies in the province.

nfa intensifies palay . . .

visible by the influx of com-mercial establishments in the province, like car companies, convenient stores, gasoline stations and banks among others. Currently, the prov-ince has a total of 3,469 regis-tered establishments.

The PAs Comprehensive Local Integration Program (CLIP) enabled former rebels to return to the folds of law and start anew. Bayanihan Team Activities (BTA) show-

poc: camsur is conflict . . .cased its paradigm shift from Enemy Centered to People-Centered Approach which re-sulted to a more cooperative community.

Bayanihan activities were already implemented in the remote barangays of Iriga City, Buhi, Baao, Bato, Bula, Caramoan, Lagonoy, Cala-banga, Tinambac and Garchi-torena.

The various PA Divisions and Battalions- the 902nd In-

were reorganized to make them less vulnerable to political influence and control. Many managers were replaced and some RECs were merged. The electricity sub-distribution tariff formula for the RECs was also changed to make it more financially viable. Despite of these reforms, however, many RECs are still mismanaged and politicized. Consequently, some proposed the privatization of these entities.

The proponents of the privatization of the electric cooperatives cited several advantages. They argue that the privatization of electric cooperatives will lead to more efficient management, better service, cheaper bills, and the total non-politicization of the electric sub-distribution. However, all of these will only be possible if there is real competition and the market forces will be allowed to freely take reign of the operations of the privatized electric sub-distribution entities. On the other hand, others proposed the coop-to-coop collaboration to save the ailing RECs.

In your opinion, what could be the best solution to this problem? You may email me your response.

References1.) http://www.nea.gov.ph/about-us2.) http://www.gov.ph/1973/08/06/presidential-decree-no-269/3.) http://www.chanrobles.com/presidentialdecrees/

presidentialdecreeno1645.html4.) http://www.socoteco2.ph/index.php?option=com_content&task

=view&id=19&Itemid=195.) http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/oda_loan/

post/2004/pdf/2-26_full.pdf6.) http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=rp

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fantry Brigade, 9th ID head-ed by Commanding Officer Col. Amador T. Tabuga, Jr., 22nd IB headed by Com-manding Officer Col. An-drew Costello and the 42nd IB headed by Arguelles, 9th CMO Battalion headed

by Lt. Col. Joselito P. Pas-trana, among others, were all instrumental in the suc-cessful implementation of Sama-Sama at Sari-Saring mga Serbisyo para sa Sam-bayanan or the 4S program of the Philippine Army.

reports show the plunder of public funds.Malacaang merely absolves its allies, claiming that they

have already replied to these CoA reports. Yet when it comes to the opposition senators, no amount of explanation and denials have been accepted by the Palace and its allies.

The truth is, under the Aquino presidency and administration, the so-called democratic institutions have been so prostituted and made highly vulnerable to executive pressure and control, whether it is the CoA, the Anit-Money Laundering Council, the Comelec, the Ombudsman and yes, even the Judiciary.

Is this matuwid na daan?

from my winDow . . .

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by ANA-LizA s. MACAtANGAY

NAGA CITY --- Pursu-ant to Republic Act 9275 otherwise known as the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 in relation to the designation of Lake Buhi Watershed (LBW) Water Quality Manage-ment Area (WAQMA) and the Creation of Governing Board (GB) , a 10 year Ac-tion Plan was formally ap-proved by LBW-WAQMA GB Members last Friday, to oversee its operations.

Resolution No.2 series of 2015 which is specifically divided in short, medium and long term blueprints, endeav-ors to protect and continuous-ly improve the water quality of Lake Buhi and make it as a sustaining resource to all the people of the town, particu-larly to the upcoming genera-tion.

The schemes and strate-gies stipulated in the 10-year plan of action is also in con-sonance with DENR Admin-istrative Order No. 2005-10 or its implementing rules and regulations and DENR De-partment Administrative Or-der 2013-16 or the designa-tion of the LBW-WAQMA, which includes among others, the creation of its governing board.

One of the significant moves that the board intends to achieve is to limit and monitor aquaculture activi-ties within the lake in accor-dance to RA 8550 or the act providing for the develop-ment, management and con-servation of the fisheries and aquatic resources. This is in response to the proliferation of fish cages, fish pens and fish corals in the said sanctu-ary.

In order to achieve this objective, the group will con-duct an annual validation of inventory of fish cages, fish pens and fish corrals every December. The board will counter any defiance from hard headed violators by implementing dismantling operations of these cages to achieve their set objective. In order not to disrupt the source of income of the dis-placed fish cage workers, an alternative livelihood project for them will be provided.

Also to resolve the con-tinued encroachment in the lake easement, including the congestion of lake shores in the Poblacion barangays, the board will re-establish the original boundary of the lake based on the land classifica-tion or Cadastral map. They will strictly enforce rules on this to ensure that no further encroachment will take place within the lake area.

Aside from the above-mentioned issues, the group also identified the large vol-ume of silt in Lake Buhi and

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Lake buhi watershed-wAQMA Governing board approves 10-year Action Plan.

Lake Buhi Watershed-WAQMABoard okays 10-year plan

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